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ASHWORTH Edward Rose 2/Lt
Catalogue reference: SKR/DAT/IP/20343
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SKR/DAT/IP/20343
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Title (The name of the record)
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ASHWORTH Edward Rose 2/Lt
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Date (When the record was created)
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2000-2024
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Description (What the record is about)
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Surname: ASHWORTH;
Forename(s): Edward Rose;
Initials: ER;
Rank: 2/Lt;
Born in: Withington, Manchester;
Resided in: Didsbury;
Previous Number: 8369;
Previous Battalion: 17 of;
Previous Regiment: Manch Regt;
MGC Branch: Infantry;
MGC Unit: 56 Bn;
Date abroad: 08-Nov-1915;
Theatre of War: 1;
How killed: KIA;
Where: France;
When killed: 28-Mar-1918;
Other Data: born 3/7/1889 Withington, Manchester. Son of Edward (Manager, Williams Deaons Bank, Salford) and Zillah, brother of Lillian Maud. Of 26 Pine Road, Didsbury. Educated: Giggleswick Sch, Settle, Yorks. Occ: Bank Clerk. Member of OTC at School, later 8369 17 Manchester Regt, 3/9/1914. Disch to Commsn 24/2/1917.
Casualty Form: 3/9/1914 2 City Bn, 22/6/1916 25 Res. Manch Regt, 30/9/1916 3 Bn. Served Home 3/9/1914-7/11/1915. France 8/11/1915 - 21/6/1916, Home 22/6/1916 - 24/02/1917. GSW right buttock 19/6/1916 Abbeville.
Casualty Form (Officer) 11/8/1917 Camiers from UK, 25/8/1917 to join 169 Coy, 28/9/1917 to AA Course - rejoined 5/10/1917, 14/12/1917 leave to UK, rejoined 28/12/1917. 28/3/1918 KIA and buried Nr Gavrelle - killed by bursting of a shell at Vimy Ridge. Reburied (1920) Orchard Dump Cem, Arleux-en-Gohelle, NE Arras.
Estate £429/11/9d;Other Notes: ASHWORTH, Second Lieutenant, EDWARD ROSE, 5th (sic) Bn. Machine Gun Corps (Inf). 28th March 1918. Age 28. Son of Zillah Rose Ashworth, of 26, Pine Rd., Didsbury, Manchester, and the late Edward Ashworth. VIII. G. 36. Orchard Dump Cemetery, Arleux-en-Gohelle - Pas De Calais, France;
Related National Archives files: WO339/76022;
END OF RECORD.
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Held by (Who holds the record)
- Vickers MG Collection & Research Association
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Language (The language of the record)
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English
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Creator(s) (The creator of the record)
- Graham Sacker
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1 digital record
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Record URL
- https://beta.nationalarchives.gov.uk/catalogue/id/6ea342e2-c5b3-4ebd-93ec-20fa898c9ef5/
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SKR/DAT/IP
Machine Gun Corps Database
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Machine Gun Corps Database Collection
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Machine Gun Corps Database
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ASHWORTH Edward Rose 2/Lt